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(09/27/21 12:00pm)
Florida quarterback Emory Jones stood in an empty pocket, his arms at his sides and no defender within two yards of him, and watched his pass sail helplessly past the extended arms of wide receiver Justin Shorter and fall incomplete to the grass of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
(09/24/21 9:14pm)
In the earliest days of football, teams built their offensive attacks around grinding each other into the ground by running the ball. In 1975, the nation’s leading rusher, Southern California’s Ricky Bell, finished with 385 attempts, while no quarterback threw the ball more than 353 times.
(09/24/21 8:58pm)
There is no such thing as a moral victory, but Florida came close after ending up a yard short on a two-point conversion play which likely would have forced overtime versus No. 1 Alabama.
(09/22/21 4:42pm)
A city initiative could push Gainesville one step closer toward achieving its zero waste and climate change goals.
(09/21/21 3:10am)
The story coming into 2020 surrounding Florida’s defense revolved around the secondary and its numerous questions. While that’s completely fair after an historically poor pass defense in 2020 (257.5 passing yards allowed per game), the run defense seemed to be left out of discussion.
(09/20/21 12:00pm)
The 90,887 fans in attendance on Sept. 18 in The Swamp roared the lyrics to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” as if they were trying to will their team to victory.
(09/16/21 7:46pm)
Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller, who led the team with 88 total tackles in 2020, will miss the remainder of the 2021 season, as first reported by the Orlando Sentinel’s Edgar Thompson.
(09/13/21 7:21pm)
After two early season victories against inferior opponents, the No. 13 Florida Gators face their first test of 2021 against the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday. The Tide storms into The Swamp off blowout wins over the Miami Hurricanes and Mercer, and the top team in the country opens as 15-point favorites in Gainesville.
(09/13/21 12:00pm)
Redshirt freshman Anthony Richardson scrambled to his left with a South Florida defender closing in behind him and two more bearing down in front. He found his target, turned his body, planted his feet and rifled the ball forward less than a second before contact.
(09/13/21 1:05pm)
Never forget.
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(09/10/21 12:00pm)
As redshirt freshman Anthony Richardson leapt into the air, sailing over the Florida Atlantic defender helplessly diving below him, the crowd at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium erupted into a triumphant roar.
(09/07/21 12:00pm)
Last football season left many fans missing the iconic atmosphere at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but the environment Florida football enthusiasts lost finally returned under the stadium lights Sept. 4.
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(09/05/21 4:31am)
Redshirt senior running back Malik Davis broke free, sprinting down the sideline for a 31-yard gain on the night’s fourth play. For the first time since 2019, 86,840 Gator fans roared in approval in a packed Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
(09/03/21 10:40pm)
The last time Ben Hill Griffin Stadium welcomed Gator fans to each and every one of its seats was also a night game.
(09/03/21 12:00pm)
After a long eight-month offseason, the Florida Gators take the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this Saturday, a clash with Florida Atlantic scheduled for 7:30 p.m. With preseason processions in the rearview mirror, The Alligator’s football writers take a dive into what they expect from the team in 2021.
(09/03/21 12:33pm)
Three months ago, Brandi McElvain Fisher scoured Ticketmaster. Glancing at the screen, her eyes paused on the event she yearned to attend with bated breath.
(09/01/21 12:00pm)
There are a lot of familiar names in Florida’s 2021 wide receiver room: Jacob Copeland in the No. 1 jersey, redshirt junior Justin Shorter and sophomore Xzavier Henderson, to name a few. However, the unit anointed itself something else over this past camp — the Endzone Party Boyz.
(08/31/21 2:16am)
Now under a week away from the return of football in The Swamp, Dan Mullen, redshirt junior quarterback Emory Jones and the Florida Gators prepare to defend their home turf against the Florida Atlantic Owls Saturday.